Ling Xuanxiao withdrew all his Outer Body Techniques and returned to the sect with the spoils from this trip.
He did not immediately return to Shu Mountain, instead taking a detour.
This time, three of his clones had been discovered in one go.
It made Ling Xuanxiao realize the shortcomings of the Body Double Technique.
It was far too easy to discover.
At the same time, it was too slow when dealing with Golden Core cultivators.
When that bald cultivator had appeared before his fourth incarnation, he had already been poisoned.
Even so, the battle had lasted a full fifteen seconds.
Ling Xuanxiao suddenly stopped. There were signs of spiritual energy fluctuations in the distance.
Someone was engaged in a magic battle!
No, spirit beasts were tearing each other apart...
A waterfall plunged straight down.
In the water, an octopus was being righteously ganged up on by five cultivators.
"Martial Uncle, this octopus is quite troublesome!"
"This octopus carries an ancient bloodline, and it has already cultivated eight tentacles. It is exceedingly rare. We absolutely cannot let it escape today!"
With that said, the five cultivators each unleashed their divine abilities.
The octopus was outmatched. In the end, a Dharma Seal struck its body, knocking it unconscious.
The five were overjoyed. They hastily bound the octopus with a treasure rope and swiftly departed with it.
This was not a place to linger.
Yet after they left, the octopus's main body emerged from the water once more.
What the five cultivators had taken away was merely one of its tentacles.
Its disguise was so ingenious that even two cultivators whose cultivation surpassed the octopus's by far had failed to notice.
The octopus chuckled darkly and was about to swim away at once.
Suddenly, it felt its body fall beyond its control,